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Archive for June, 2007

As We See It: Pardon Me Edition

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

I Beg Your Pardon, I never Promised You a White House Rose Garden Of Course Contractor Fraud in Iraq is Limited, Nudge...Nudge...Wink...Wink Bloomberg Can't Stand The Smell, Bolts Republican Party Mission Accomplished: Iraq Sinking Fast See other fine hypertext products at The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks! Tech Tags: humor politics libby ...

Senate Committee: Big Oil Needs To Ante Up

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Could Washington actually be serious about reducing our dependence on foreign oil? In a move that seems to signal as much, the Senate Finance Committee moved forward with a bill that would impose 29 billion dollars in new taxes on the U.S. oil industry. The bill is designed to funnel ...

Grad Night Promises To Be A Blast

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

ABC News has reported that a recent 'Suicide Bomb Training Graduation Ceremony' has concluded with large teams of would-be martyr's headed for points unknown in England, Germany, Canada, and the United States to spread fear, mayhem, and terror by means of suicide bombings. The photo below (again from ABC News) shows ...

Sweating With The Oldies: The Democratic Party’s New Dance

Monday, June 18th, 2007

"I understand their disappointment," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada. "We raised the bar too high." Read this. Heh... That's it Harry... Take back America... Take it back from those evil oil money grubbing Christians. Burn it all down... Yeah!!! Then there is ...

Last Two Iraqi Citizens Killed

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Baghdad - The last two surviving citizens in Iraq were killed today after a routine traffic accident spiraled into a religiously-charged exchange of missile fire.The two men - one Sunni and one Shia - crashed their taxis into one another as both vehicles failed to stop at the last operating ...

My First Father’s Day

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Hey... this is my first one of many but I just want to Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's on BIO. It's been a great first 10 months of fatherhood. The best experience of my life...

Around The Net: A Contemplation on “Isms”

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Jonah Goldberg has an interesting article posted in “the corner” on the National Review Online. His article is actually a discussion of points raised in other articles. The first is called Religion And The Threat Effect by Paul Waldman at The American Prospect. The second, appearing in The Atlantic, is ...

Who is Fixing the Books at Consumer Price Index?

Friday, June 15th, 2007

I know that I am not alone in knowing that the cost of everything has skyrocketed the last year or so. Buying a grinder and a soda for lunch is up at the local pizza place and so is the cost of buying a burger at Wendy’s. Those ...

The Beginning of the End For Both Political Parties?

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Sure, it's another round of poll results, but two recent polls show that Americans, in large numbers, don't support President Bush, the Congress, or either major political party to put this country back on "the right track," regardless of what that track may be. The main thrust of discontent seems to ...

Gay Marriage is Safe in Mass a Two Sticks…

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

What happened in Boston today really was not about Gay or Lesbian people having the ability or right to legally marry. Although I am very much in favor of gay marriage, today was really about our state Constitution and keeping it intact as a living working document that is ...